402 research outputs found

    Segurança em redes IEEE 802.16: uma visão geral

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    In order to promote broad adoption of technologies for wireless networks, in addition to reducing costs and ensuring interoperability, diverse organizations as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) integrate various efforts to standardize. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standard 802.16, also known as Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WIMAX), which defines the air interface and media access methods to Metropolitan Wireless Networks, is being seen, among the technologies which would incorporate the wireless communication in ubiquitous computing environments, as the most promising to access broadband for next generation. This work will present a study about different wireless network standards, including wireless mesh networks and addressing issues of information security and presenting related works that aim to enhance security in these networks.No intuito de promover a ampla adoção de tecnologias de redes sem fio, além de reduzir custos e garantir a interoperabilidade, diversas organizações como o Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), a Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA) e a International Telecommunication Union (ITU) integram vários esforços de padronização. O padrão do Institute Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.16, também conhecido como Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WIMAX), que define a interface aérea e os métodos de acesso ao meio para Redes Metropolitanas Sem Fio, está sendo visto, dentre as tecnologias que integrarão a comunicação sem fio nos ambientes de computação ubíquos, como a mais promissora para possibilitar o acesso de banda larga de próxima geração. Este trabalho irá apresentar um estudo sobre os diversos padrões de rede sem fio, incluindo as redes sem fio em malha, abordando questões de segurança da informação e apresentando trabalhos relacionados que visam incrementar a segurança nessas redes

    Correlation Function of Galaxy Groups

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    We use the Updated Zwicky Catalog of galaxies (Falco et al. 1999) to generate a catalog of groups, by means of a friend-of-friend algorithm. The correlation length of the total sample is well fitted with a power law ξ(r)=(r/r0)γ \xi(r)=(r/r_0)^\gamma with parameters r0=9.0±0.4h1Mpcr_0=9.0 \pm 0.4 h^{-1}Mpc and γ=1.67±0.09\gamma = -1.67 \pm 0.09 for values of r<70h1Mpcr<70 h^{-1} Mpc. Three subsamples defined by the range of group virial masses M{\cal M} were used to have their clustering properties examined throughout the autocorrelation function. We find an increase of the amplitude of the correlation function according to the group masses which extends the results of the r0dc r_0-d_c relation for galaxy systems at small dcd_c. For completeness we have also analyzed a sample of groups obtained from the Southern Sky Redshift Survey (da Costa et al.1998) in the range of virial masses 5×1012M<M<4×1014M5\times10^{12}M_{\odot}<{\cal M}<4\times10^{14}M_{\odot} to compare the results with those obtained from GUZC.Comment: 9 figures, accepted for publication in Ap

    The Seyfert Population in the Local Universe

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    The magnitude-limited catalog of the Southern Sky Redshift Survey (SSRS2), is used to characterize the properties of galaxies hosting Active Galactic Nuclei. Using emission-line ratios, we identify a total of 162 (3%) Seyfert galaxies out of the parent sample with 5399 galaxies. The sample contains 121 Seyfert 2 galaxies and 41 Seyfert 1. The SSRS2 Seyfert galaxies are predominantly in spirals of types Sb and earlier, or in galaxies with perturbed appearance as the result of strong interactions or mergers. Seyfert galaxies in this sample are twice as common in barred hosts than the non-Seyferts. By assigning galaxies to groups using a percolation algorithm we find that the Seyfert galaxies in the SSRS2 are more likely to be found in binary systems, when compared to galaxies in the SSRS2 parent sample. However, there is no statistically significant difference between the Seyfert and SSRS2 parent sample when systems with more than 2 galaxies are considered. The analysis of the present sample suggests that there is a stronger correlation between the presence of the AGN phenomenon with internal properties of galaxies (morphology, presence of bar, luminosity) than with environmental effects (local galaxy density, group velocity dispersion, nearest neighbor distance).Comment: 35 pages, 13 figures, Accepted to be publised in Astronomical Journa

    Large-scale analysis of the SDSS-III DR8 photometric luminous galaxies angular correlation function

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    We analyse the large-scale angular correlation function (ACF) of the CMASS luminous galaxies (LGs), a photometric-redshift catalogue based on the Data Release 8 (DR8) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-III. This catalogue contains over 600000600 \, \, 000 LGs in the range 0.45z0.650.45 \leq z \leq 0.65, which was split into four redshift shells of constant width. First, we estimate the constraints on the redshift-space distortion (RSD) parameters bσ8b\sigma_8 and fσ8f\sigma_8, where bb is the galaxy bias, ff the growth rate and σ8\sigma_8 is the normalization of the perturbations, finding that they vary appreciably among different redshift shells, in agreement with previous results using DR7 data. When assuming constant RSD parameters over the survey redshift range, we obtain fσ8=0.69±0.21f\sigma_8 = 0.69 \pm 0.21, which agrees at the 1.5σ1.5\sigma level with Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey DR9 spectroscopic results. Next, we performed two cosmological analyses, where relevant parameters not fitted were kept fixed at their fiducial values. In the first analysis, we extracted the baryon acoustic oscillation peak position for the four redshift shells, and combined with the sound horizon scale from 7-year \textit{Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe} (WMAP7)(WMAP7) to produce the constraints Ωm=0.249±0.031\Omega_{m}=0.249 \pm 0.031 and w=0.885±0.145w=-0.885 \pm 0.145. In the second analysis, we used the ACF full shape information to constrain cosmology using real data for the first time, finding Ωm=0.280±0.022\Omega_{m} = 0.280 \pm 0.022 and fb=Ωb/Ωm=0.211±0.026f_b = \Omega_b/\Omega_m = 0.211 \pm 0.026. These results are in good agreement with WMAP7WMAP7 findings, showing that the ACF can be efficiently applied to constrain cosmology in future photometric galaxy surveys.Comment: MNRAS accepted. Minor corrections to match publish versio

    Effects of the Environment on the Properties of Seyfert Galaxies

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    We identify 175 Seyfert galaxies from the Southern Sky Redshift Survey - SSRS2. We use the entire SSRS2 catalog to investigate the correlation between the presence of AGN with host environment. The AGN phenomenon is more strongly correlated with the internal host properties, than with the external environment. In particular, we find that Seyferts reside in more luminous galaxies, and are twice as frequent in barred galaxies and systems showing sign of advanced merger condition, when compared to a control sample.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figs, 1 tables, to appear in the proceedings of "The Interplay among Black Holes, Stars and ISM in Galactic Nuclei", IAU 222, eds. T. Storchi Bergmann, L.C. Ho, and H.R. Schmit

    A simple prescription for simulating and characterizing gravitational arcs

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    Simple models of gravitational arcs are crucial to simulate large samples of these objects with full control of the input parameters. These models also provide crude and automated estimates of the shape and structure of the arcs, which are necessary when trying to detect and characterize these objects on massive wide area imaging surveys. We here present and explore the ArcEllipse, a simple prescription to create objects with shape similar to gravitational arcs. We also present PaintArcs, which is a code that couples this geometrical form with a brightness distribution and adds the resulting object to images. Finally, we introduce ArcFitting, which is a tool that fits ArcEllipses to images of real gravitational arcs. We validate this fitting technique using simulated arcs and apply it to CFHTLS and HST images of tangential arcs around clusters of galaxies. Our simple ArcEllipse model for the arc, associated to a S\'ersic profile for the source, recovers the total signal in real images typically within 10%-30%. The ArcEllipse+S\'ersic models also automatically recover visual estimates of length-to-width ratios of real arcs. Residual maps between data and model images reveal the incidence of arc substructure. They may thus be used as a diagnostic for arcs formed by the merging of multiple images. The incidence of these substructures is the main factor preventing ArcEllipse models from accurately describing real lensed systems.Comment: 12 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in A&

    DIGITAL MARKETING AND THE COMPANIES IN THE CITY OF TEÓFILO OTONI/STATE OF MINAS GERAIS/BRAZIL / MARKETING DIGITAL E AS EMPRESAS DO MUNICÍPIO DE TEÓFILO OTONI/MG/BRASIL

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    Repeatedly ignored and rarely used, digital marketing does not appear to be a need for the companies in the city of Teófilo Otoni, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. This lack of interest can be explained by the fact that the local business people are not concerned about this working tool as a development strategy, both in the way of thinking and acting. Regarding the methodology used, from the point of view of its nature, the research comes up as a basic one and, from the objectives’ point of view it is seen as a descriptive research. On the object of study, this paper adopted field research for survey and data collection, and the mechanisms applied were those of direct observation and the use of questionnaires. Data analysis occurred through simple statistical analysis. The questionnaire was applied between the months of December 2014 and January 2015, with an answer rate of 57% of the target companies.

    The first 62 AGN observed with SDSS-IV MaNGA - IV: gas excitation and star-formation rate distributions

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    We present maps of the ionized gas flux distributions, excitation, star-formation rate SFR, surface mass density ΣH+\Sigma_{H+}, and obtain total values of SFR and ionized gas masses {\it M} for 62 Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) observed with SDSS-IV MaNGA and compare them with those of a control sample of 112 non-active galaxies. The most luminous AGN -- with L(\rm{[OIII]}\lambda 5007) \ge 3.8\times 10^{40}\,\mbox{erg}\,\mbox{s}^{-1}, and those hosted by earlier-type galaxies are dominated by Seyfert excitation within 0.2 effective radius ReR_e from the nucleus, surrounded by LINER excitation or transition regions, while the less luminous and hosted by later-type galaxies show equally frequent LINER and Seyfert excitation within 0.2Re0.2\,R_e. The extent RR of the region ionized by the AGN follows the relation RL([OIII])0.5R\propto\,L(\rm{[OIII]})^{0.5} -- as in the case of the Broad-Line Region. The SFR distribution over the region ionized by hot stars is similar for AGN and controls, while the integrated SFR -- in the range 1031010^{-3}-10\,M_\odot\,yr1^{-1} is also similar for the late-type sub-sample, but higher in the AGN for 75\% of the early-type sub-sample. We thus conclude that there is no signature of AGN quenching star formation in the body of the galaxy in our sample. We also find that 66\% of the AGN have higher ionized gas masses MM than the controls -- in the range 1053×107^5-3\times10^7\,M_\odot -- while 75\% of the AGN have higher ΣH+\Sigma_{H+} within 0.2Re0.2\,R_e than the control galaxies

    The SOAR Gravitational Arc Survey - I: Survey overview and photometric catalogs

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    We present the first results of the SOAR (Southern Astrophysical Research) Gravitational Arc Survey (SOGRAS). The survey imaged 47 clusters in two redshift intervals centered at z=0.27z=0.27 and z=0.55z=0.55, targeting the richest clusters in each interval. Images were obtained in the gg', rr' and ii' bands using the SOAR Optical Imager (SOI), with a median seeing of 0.83, 0.76 and 0.71 arcsec, respectively, in these filters. Most of the survey clusters are located within the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Stripe 82 region and all of them are in the SDSS footprint. Photometric calibration was therefore performed using SDSS stars located in our SOI fields. We reached for galaxies in all fields the detection limits of g23.5g \sim 23.5, r23r \sim 23 and i22.5i \sim 22.5 for a signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) = 3. As a by-product of the image processing, we generated a source catalogue with 19760 entries, the vast majority of which are galaxies, where we list their positions, magnitudes and shape parameters. We compared our galaxy shape measurements to those of local galaxies and concluded that they were not strongly affected by seeing. From the catalogue data, we are able to identify a red sequence of galaxies in most clusters in the lower zz range. We found 16 gravitational arc candidates around 8 clusters in our sample. They tend to be bluer than the central galaxies in the lensing cluster. A preliminary analysis indicates that 10\sim 10% of the clusters have arcs around them, with a possible indication of a larger efficiency associated to the high-zz systems when compared to the low-zz ones. Deeper follow-up images with Gemini strengthen the case for the strong lensing nature of the candidates found in this survey.Comment: 17 pages, 11 figures (most of them multi-panel) MNRAS (2013
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